let's return new to our top story. the polish government says it is still carrying out previously agreed deliveries of weapons and ammunition to ukraine. that's after the country's pirme minister said its was no longer supplying arms to its neighbour and was instead concentrating on its own defence. live to brussels and anna fortiga — member of european parliament and former polish minister of foreign affairs — and a member of the law and justice party. it is said this time. can you explain what was meant by the statement of the prime minister? the

statement of the prime minister? lie: communique from the government also supported recently by the leader of law and justice just a few minutes ago is that we remain at heart of support for ukraine because we are a hub of support via the polish border there is humanitarian as well as military support for ukraine going on. also contracts already signed for contracts of weapons going on. poland was one of the first countries supplying heavy arms to ukraine at the beginning of the war. i would say one third of arms stocks that we have to supply them by buying new equipment to fulfil and

increase the nato requirements because we are one of the countries under direct threat from the russian federation. we under direct threat from the russian federation. ~ . , , . , federation. we are seeing pictures of polish tanks _ federation. we are seeing pictures of polish tanks being _ federation. we are seeing pictures of polish tanks being delivered - federation. we are seeing pictures of polish tanks being delivered to i of polish tanks being delivered to ukraine, but is this punishment of ukraine, but is this punishment of ukraine over the green dispute and the fact they have taken poland, ukraine to the world trade organization? —— green. —— grain. from the start of the disagreement over grain, there were polish statements to support ukraine in battle against russian oppression

until the victory of ukraine and that was clear and also in the prime minister statements that we have two supplement what was supplied from polish dogs in order to maintain our defensive posture and that is why we dedicate so much of our budget buying the newest equipment from the united states, south korea and the uk and also by cooperation with our technologically advanced partners, our allies stop are technologically advanced partners, our allies stop— our allies stop are you not concerned _ our allies stop are you not concerned at _ our allies stop are you not concerned at the - our allies stop are you not l concerned at the statement our allies stop are you not - concerned at the statement from our allies stop are you not _ concerned at the statement from the prime minister saying poland will no longer supply arms from ukraine and know the dispute over —— for ukraine

and then the dispute over grain. what you say is outside the full context of the statement by the prime minister because the full statement was that now we have to focus also on supplementing what was sent from our stocks and of course others that were not delivering such as germany because are not as fit as these supplied and well seen by ukraine. we also continue their training of ukrainian soldiers on polish grounds in the best conditions for military exercises on polish territory and we continue. in

progress delivering nowadays until the very end of the contract arms that were contracted to ukraine. thank you for clarifying what the statement has meant from the polish prime minister. as the war grinds on in ukraine, the number of amputees coming back from the battlefields is soaring. 15,000 men and women lost limbs in the first half of this year alone, according to figures released by the country's ministry of health. the government won't reveal how many are soldiers, but its expected to be most of them. that means ukraine has

seen more amputees in six—months than britain did in all six years of world war ii, when 12,000 uk servicemen and women lost arms or legs. our senior international correspondent orla guerin is in kyiv to tell the story of one ukrainian soldier who suffered distressing injuries. it's a new battle and a tough one. every day, andriy smolenski tries to regain his strength and improve his balance. tries to reclaim some of what the war took away. he's still a fighter. in uniform, his callsign was apostle, due to his strong faith. andriy led a reconnaissance team until an explosion in late may. i remember how i started climbing a little bit out of the trench, and the next memory is just

waking up in the hospital. it felt like i just was dreaming. everything was so dark. i thought, "oh, what a dark night! and what a weird dream." andriy lost both eyes, both hands and most of his hearing. by his side, through it all, alina. my wife is incredible. she's my hero —100%. she, with me, she supported me a lot. ifelt like i have my family and my family's strong in hard times. and these were the good times. in the carpathian mountains. the couple married four years ago this month and are bound together now more than ever.

the last three months, i started to even love him more because he gave me so much motivation, too, so much inspiration. he's still my motivation for everything. he's not the kind of person that would be just sitting on his bed. no, he will try to change the world. andriy and alina want to help the many amputees who may follow. their ranks are soaring. the couple want to show there is life after life—changing injuries. i know before the war, andriy, you loved singing. do you miss that? yes. that's for sure.

it's just part of my soul, part of my childhood, you know? so now when i lost my hands and i cannot play my guitar any more, it felt kind of sad. but i had my voice. and he's hoping his voice will get stronger, so he can sing again, as he did before war came to ukraine and changed his life beyond recognition. four months and 20 operations later, andriy says the hardest thing is not his injuries but that he wasn't able to finish what he started and free his country. orla guerin, bbc news, kyiv.

there will be more from orla in ukraine tomorrow. an unexpected fall in the rate of inflation has led to the bank of england keeping interest rates at 5.25%. today's announcement follows a similar decision by the us federal reserve yesterday, which left rates unchanged at a 22—year high. you can see on the live page a graph showing you what interest rates have done since 2007 and here they are no still at 5.25%. to also context what is happening internationally, turkey today lifted its main interest rate to 30% — an increase of five percentage points. the country is fighting double—digit inflation. last week, the european central bank raised its key rates for a tenth

consecutive time to 4%, but they're now expected to remain steady. live now to mike ingram, senior market strategist at activtrades. we re were you surprised that rates here in the uk were left unchanged? mat in the uk were left unchanged? not entirel in the uk were left unchanged? iirrt entirely ahead of this rate decision, maybe they thought a 55% chance of a quarter point rise so it was more or less a coin flip ahead of this decision and if you look at the decision itself it only went through a vote of five four of the nine members still voted for a quarter point race. the international context is perhaps in most countries, not turkey but in most countries, not turkey but in most countries, not turkey but in most countries interest rates at the peak in the big question going forward is how quickly we can expect rates start folding. do forward is how quickly we can expect rates start folding.— rates start folding. do think that was by inflation _ rates start folding. do think that

was by inflation being _ rates start folding. do think that was by inflation being down - rates start folding. do think that l was by inflation being down 8.7% rates start folding. do think that i was by inflation being down 8.7% in august because there was some surprise when that number came out there had been a drop? it surprise when that number came out there had been a drop?— there had been a drop? it was a helful there had been a drop? it was a helpful data _ there had been a drop? it was a helpful data point. _ there had been a drop? it was a helpful data point. i— there had been a drop? it was a helpful data point. i would - there had been a drop? it was a j helpful data point. i would point helpful data point. iwould point out that going forward we have had a surge in oil prices and those will probably feed through into headline inflation over the coming weeks. the bank of england has been a bit more relaxed about inflation recently. if you look at how markets have received this bank of england decision, the gilt market has been very relaxed by the bank of england remaining on hold so it is not perceived the moment to be a policy error. given the lags in the system, having already done too much and maybe slow down recession in 2024

and 2025? ., ., ., , ., and 2025? you already mentioned the bank was split — and 2025? you already mentioned the bank was split over _ and 2025? you already mentioned the bank was split over this _ and 2025? you already mentioned the bank was split over this decision - bank was split over this decision stop how tricky is a balancing act over these rates? i stop how tricky is a balancing act over these rates?— over these rates? i think the bank of encland over these rates? i think the bank of england was — over these rates? i think the bank of england was late _ over these rates? i think the bank of england was late to _ over these rates? i think the bank of england was late to the - over these rates? i think the bank of england was late to the game l over these rates? i think the bank l of england was late to the game but central banks globally have been playing catch up over the last 12 to 18 months itself had to hit the brakes harder than otherwise if they had taken a more timely decision to increase rates and are running the risk that they have overdone it. in the uk with 8% of mortgage holders on fixed—rate mortgages having to refinance and vastly higher rates in the main. that potentially is a bit of a time bomb over the years ahead and they have to try to navigate this but it is like navigating along

a motorway doing 70 mph are looking at the rear view mirror. it is extremely difficult and all central banks make errors but don't admit to it. it has been problematic, some problems of their own making it will be tricky and if you look even and an optimal outcome the uk, eurozone much of the global economy still looking at a very low growth, even with lower rates. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. this is the first coloured nail sculpture in the world, the largest nail sculpture in the world. i think people might be disappointed it is leaving little germany were to staying in bradford and has been up for six years and it has to come

down. i need time to work on it to renew it again and that is why it is coming down. you can see it isjust now beginning to peel, some of the paint, so i will have to sand it down, kyiv and top coat everything. once the first panel came down i started to relax. the first panel, everybody is a bit nervous and i didn't like to watch that bit that is down now and all panels coming down quite nicely. looks great, i wish i could keep it. too big for my house. you're live with bbc news. they're called online frenzies — posts on social media that encourage disruption and disorder in the real world. a bbc investigation has found they're being driven by the social media app tiktok.

former employees say tiktok isn't tackling the issue for fear of slowing the platform's growth. bbc verify�*s marianna spring has been looking into it. like everybody else on tiktok, i'm obsessed with this idaho murder case. what connects false accusations of murder in the us... four students were brutally stabbed to death. ..amateur sleuths turning up in a british town and antisocial behaviour and vandalism in uk schools? the answer is they are all examples of tik tok frenzies, identified by the bbc. when you post a video on tiktok, it can be pushed to users everywhere on the for you page at a speed and scale that doesn't seem possible on other social media platforms, creating a frenzy of posts. former employees and creators have told me how this design means people are seeing videos they normally would not see and being incentivised to behave in a harmful way to produce more popular content. the search for mum of two, nicola bulley, continues eight days after she went missing. nicola bulley�*s disappearance

earlier this year shocked the uk. an inquest ruled the 45—year—old died by accidental drowning, but conspiracy theories exploded on tiktok, with police saying it interfered with the investigation. hello. hi. lovely to meet you. heather ran one account, racking up millions of views, posting about the case, having never shared content like this on tiktok before. in one video, she falsely suggested footage of nicola leaving the house on the morning of her disappearance was really herfriend, emma. it received 3.6 million views. whenever you post something and it gains traction, tiktok will send you little e—mails of encouragement, telling you that you've received this many views, you're a hit. if you post something and you receive a lot of positivity from it, i think that can definitely change your behaviour, whereas before you might not have had that level of empowerment or entitlement. heather seemed to really regret becoming caught up in this frenzy and she told me that without tiktok, she just doesn't think she would have

participated in this way. when you're seeing video after video after video of the same content on the same topic, it's very easy tojust think, "well, i canjoin in on that. and i'm just another person." i've had to remind myself, these are other people's lives. and it's notjust a video that's going to go nowhere. it's potentially going to blow up in your face and then you are accountable. lucas, not his real name, is one of several tiktok ex—employees i spoke to for answers about these frenzies. they grew so fast that they couldn't possibly keep up with or predicted every single way the app was going to go. and, in general, they don't want to — they don't want to stand in the way of entertainment growing quickly on their platform. it's about money. the more users they have on the platform, spending more time watching videos, they can sell more ads, sell them for a higher price. it's probably the most addictive platform that we've encountered yet, and i think that's a real danger, especially because of how young the audience is and how impressionable they are. tiktok told the bbc... "our platform reflects

conversations happening up and down the country and in the media. our recommendation system is designed to prioritise safety, suggesting a range of content, proactively interrupting repetitive patterns and reducing the reach of videos containing unverified information. prioritising safety is not only the right thing to do, it makes business sense." speaking to ex—employees and users, it seems that these frenzies are difficult to keep up with, and it's hard to know when and where the next one will happen. marianna spring, bbc news. and marianna joins me now from our london newsroom. i have seen quite a few of these frenzies with my kids and you have investigated once a real—world impact. i5 investigated once a real-world im act. , investigated once a real-world imact. , ., , impact. is part of this investigation - impact. is part of this investigation and - impact. is part of this investigation and i . impact. is part of this - investigation and i looked into impact. is part of this _ investigation and i looked into for incidents of frenzies we are tiktok appeared to be driving proportionate reaction to the topics. you had

about the frenzy about the disappearance of nicola bulley the murders and i do whole and might tiktok feed was inundated with it. for college students lost their lives during a horrible attack at their student home and two roommates survived and a similar frenzy unfolded with people even turning up at the scene and force accusations of murder and witchhunts of people being accused of being involved in it. i also looked at the way tiktok frenzies can inflame the situation unfolding. think of the riots that happened in france started after a teenager was shot dead by police back at the start of the summer. the rights that ensued would have happened without —— riots would have

happened without —— riots would have happened without —— riots would have happened without tiktok one mayor in a time said the level of violence into more extreme and intense than before and seem to be spreading to unusual places and he put it down to tiktok users wanting to participate and show how they could set fire to have bin and then to a bus and it had reached a whole new levels so it is one of those things where ijust keep spotting more and more frenzies and it has been in lightning speaking to former staff and users for answers about what is really happening and how this happens on tiktok because of the way it is designed and its algorithm.

britain's birdlife could be very different in the coming years. a new report from the british trust for ornithology indicates the changing climate is affecting the numbers, distribution and behaviours of migratory birds, including cuckoos and chiffchaffs. live now to dr viola ross—smith from the british trust for ornithology. it is affecting birds and various different ways. talking about migratory birds, mostly mentioning ones that breed in the uk and spend winter months in africa. in those ones are being particularly badly affected by climate change at the moment. numbers in many cases are dropping fast. we also have other birds colonising the country due to the changing climate, species that you would have formally had to see the mediterranean are now turning up and breathing here. is

the mediterranean are now turning up and breathing here.— and breathing here. is climate chance and breathing here. is climate change the — and breathing here. is climate change the only _ and breathing here. is climate change the only thing - and breathing here. is climate| change the only thing affecting and breathing here. is climate - change the only thing affecting them or are there other factors as well? one of our migratory birds to see the greatest decline in recent decades is the turtle dove whose numbers have plummeted and they are likely to become extinct in the uk before too long which is also to do with habitat loss and hunting in other countries and it is not all climate change by any means. hoar climate change by any means. how resilient are _ climate change by any means. how resilient are birds _ climate change by any means. how resilient are birds in _ climate change by any means. how resilient are birds in adapting? this is happening much faster than any species have had to adapt in their revolutionary history. we know some birds are changing migratory patterns. black caps are no wintering in this country. having a warmer winter helps them instead of

going to southern europe. that species is changes behaviour and adapted. we have other species also adapting like some gull species that formally migrated to the mediterranean and are no wintering here. �* . , mediterranean and are no wintering here. �* ., , , mediterranean and are no wintering here. ~ ., , , , ., ., here. and anything else be done to hel the here. and anything else be done to help the pirates? _ here. and anything else be done to help the pirates? if _ here. and anything else be done to help the pirates? if we _ here. and anything else be done to help the pirates? if we know- here. and anything else be done to help the pirates? if we know we . here. and anything else be done to l help the pirates? if we know we have the inch help the pirates? if we know we have the pinch points _ help the pirates? if we know we have the pinch points in _ help the pirates? if we know we have the pinch points in their _ help the pirates? if we know we have the pinch points in their life - help the pirates? if we know we have the pinch points in their life cycle - the pinch points in their life cycle are we can try to target our conservation around that life cycle. if we know with migratory species there are pressures on the breeding ground so they are not producing as many young as they used to and also see perhaps there are pressures on routes of migration, such as forest fires, we know in the wintering grounds we can target our conservation efforts at those areas

so we can try to improve the food available in their breeding grounds and try to work to protect the habitat in their wintering grounds. it is good to know there are measures that can be taken. thank you very much forjoining us. stay with a seed on bbc news. a little less windy for the majority today but on the whole the weather still unsettled with further showers to come and we have had rumbles of thunder and flashes of lightning. this the overnight rain across southern and eastern areas giving 30 millimetres to 40 millimetres. more rain today for the north in these lumps of cloud intense showers that have been pushing their way in developing further north and east over time. they will not be for all but when they do occur there will be a lively downpours. a wet afternoon across northern ireland to the

evening rush for southern parts of scotland and showers developing towards late evening across southern and east areas. fresh feeling day out there are still 18 in south east areas. heavy showers potentially pushing back into eastern parts of england and rain for the north pushing south and fragmenting at the big talking part about tonight as it will feel fresher and are notably across southern and eastern areas. quite a chilly start to friday morning exacerbated by the breast north—westerly blowing across scotland northern ireland england and wales pushing showers southwards. another day of sunny spells and scattered heavy showers. that wind coming down from the north and north—west fairly brisk which will make it feel cooler still, cooler than the 15 to 18 would suggest in the south. sheltered from the breeze with sunshine still a very pleasant 15 degrees to 80 degrees. as we head through friday night and saturday a brief ridge of high pressure before the atlantic

weather systems return which means it will be a chilly start on saturday morning. could be close to freezing in the glens of scotland with one or two patches of mist but for the most part a decent day. the cloud tends to pile into the day and for northern ireland and sweaters towards evening with lighter winds further east and some sunshine 15 or 16 feeling quite pleasant but as we going to sunday our next atlantic local rules then. and here are some tropical moisture from the remains of hurricane nigel which means i could be wet weather in the west and north and strong winds but with that warmer air as well. but generally unsettled picture into next week as well. there is more online.

today at one... interest rates are kept on hold for the first time in nearly two years, at 5.25%. it's about stability and getting confidence back into the market. we will have much more on what that decision today means for households. also coming up on the programme... rishi sunak insists he's not slowing down efforts to combat climate

change saying he's confident the uk will deliver on its green pledges. je suis flatte d'avoir ete invite par les presidents de vos deux... and the king becomes the first british monarch to address both houses of the french parliament. coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news... england captain millie bright says the lionesses have come to an agreement with the football association following their dispute over bonuses. hello and welcome to the bbc news at one. in the last hour, interest rates have been kept on hold for the first time in nearly two years. they remain at 5.25%. it brings to an end 14 consecutive rises which began in late 2021, designed to curb inflation. today's decision by the bank of england follows the unexpected

slight fall in inflation yesterday.